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Avid Cruiser Web Site is Redesigned and Optimized for Mobile Phone Devices
The Avid Cruiser Web site, which contains cruise reviews, photographs and videos of worldwide desintations and cruise lines, is the first cruising-review site to be specifically optimized for access via handheld mobile phone devices. - December 16, 2009 - Avid Cruiser
Gap Adventures Launches The Travel Oasis—An Exciting Adventure Travel Blog
A brand new adventure travel blog designed to connect travellers to the company’s dynamic, innovative culture. - December 16, 2009 - G Adventures
Temporary Home Exchange Puts Commuters Closer to Work
CommuterSwap.net connects commuters online and facilitates house swapping to shorten travel distance to and from the workplace. - December 16, 2009 - CommuterSwap
Luxury Travel Vietnam Marketing Expanding
Vietnam’s first luxury tour operator (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) showcases in many travel trades shows around the world to promote Vietnam tourism at luxury segment. - December 16, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Around About Britain Sees a Peak in Visitors Looking for 2010 Holidays
During the past month on www.aroundaboutbritiain.co.uk there has been a surge in visitors to the site. It is believed that these visitors are using the site to find their 2010 holiday accommodation. - December 16, 2009 - Around About Ltd
The B & B Directory Website Introduces a New Offering for Clients
Thebandbddirectory.co.uk Launches New Platinum Adverts for Its Advertisers. - December 16, 2009 - The B & B Directory
Snow Hits Just in Time for Yellowstone Park Winter Opening: Yellowstone Winter Update from West Yellowstone, Montana
Last weekend’s snowstorms exceeded all forecasts by dumping up to 22” of new snow in parts of Yellowstone Park and the surrounding area. These new totals will guarantee a full oversnow Winter opening. The West Entrance to Yellowstone will open at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 for All oversnow vehicles. The plentiful snow will allow all park-authorized snowcoach and snowmobile guided vehicles. - December 15, 2009 - West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce
Essen Travel Now Offers a Detailed Destination Guide When Staying in Birmingham Hotels
Essen Travel now provides travelers with a detailed destination guide for their stay at many Birmingham hotels. - December 15, 2009 - Essentravel.com
Luxury Thailand Travel Guide Online
Luxury Travel Group Company (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ) to Unveil Luxury Thailand Travel Guide Online. Thailand is a land of endless surprises; a truly amazing destination rich with a wide array of unforgettable experiences that each can enjoy to the extent of his or her own discretion. Lavish... - December 15, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Bert Knubben's Koral Art Gallery Launches New "Safe" Jewelry Line
The Koral Art Gallery has launched its new product line: Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry that can be carried safely almost anywhere in the world. - December 14, 2009 - Koral Art Gallery
Rainforest Alliance Join Forces with Gap Adventures and Planeterra to Promote Responsible Business Practices
New Partnership to Expand Opportunities for Sustainable Tourism Companies in Costa Rica. - December 14, 2009 - Planeterra Foundation
Essen Travel Makes Choosing Houston Hotels and Sight Seeing Easier
Essen Travel is proud to announce their new City Guide feature that will help those staying in Houston hotels to plan all of their sight seeing while in the city. - December 14, 2009 - Essentravel.com
Essen Travel Makes It Easier for Foreigners to Stay in Philadelphia Hotels
Essen Travel is excited to announce the unveiling of their currency converter to their international clients. - December 13, 2009 - Essentravel.com
Luxury Travel Company Predicts Luxury Breaks to be Popular in Asia
Luxury Travel Company Predicts Luxury breaks of Asian upscale travelers will continue to be popular despite the ongoing impact of the recession on the travel sector - December 13, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Experience Laos in Style
Luxury Travel to Promotes 4 Day Luang Prabang World Heritage Discovery from Vietnam’s Hanoi Capital. - December 13, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Insights with Host Hugh Downs Welcomes the Whittington Center as Content Advisor on the Outdoor Sports Television Program
Story collaboration with the Whittington Center as Content Advisor on Outdoor Sports Issues for Consumer and Expert Awareness. - December 12, 2009 - InsightsSeries
Destination: PEACE Launches Volunteer Vacation Calendar for 2010 Punta de Mita, Mexico
The newest trend in travel includes volunteer vacations. Destination: PEACE Volunteer Vacations, in the Bay of Banderas, can provide an exciting experience for travelers who want to take their vacation, one step further with a Vacation for the Soul. - December 12, 2009 - Destination:PEACE
The London Valentine's Fairytale with Romantic Dinner at the Lalique Flagship Store and Panoramic River Thames Views
Swissôtel The Howard, London has announced their rooms arrangement for an exceptional Valentine’s weekend in February 2010. “The London Valentine’s Fairytale” offers love-struck couples a dinner experience inside the Lalique boutique in central London together with an overnight accommodation in the hotel’s Grand Room with a private panorama terrace overlooking the River Thames. - December 12, 2009 - Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts
Alexander Tour with a Tour for the Tenth National Festival of Bulgarian Folklore Koprivshtitsa 2010
Forty-four years after the first Koprivshtiza festival made Balkans culture known for its rich folklore traditions by being a gathering point of dancers, musicians, ethnography and folklore experts, artists or just Bulgarian folklore music and dance fans, the fest enjoys steady interest. - December 11, 2009 - Alexander Tour Co
Essen Travel Offers More for Atlanta Hotels
Essen Travel is proud to announce their new landmark mapping feature that will make finding Atlanta hotels, as well as the hotels located in other areas of the world, easy and simple. - December 11, 2009 - Essentravel.com
HolidayCheck Launches Its New Site
HolidayCheck, one of the largest European and independent travel-related portals, officially launches the enhanced .com site. Usability and design have been improved, new tools and features have been implemented, making it even easier for users and Hoteliers to benefit from the available services. - December 11, 2009 - HolidayCheck
Travellers Club of the Sunnyside, dba Sunnyside Tours, Inc., Assumes the Name of Its Founder, Dr. Joseph Shainsky
Shortly after his death in August 2008, Dr. Joseph Shainsky is immortalized in the name and logo of Sunnyside Tours, Inc., which he helped to create back in 1994. Dr. Joseph Shainsky was a conspicuous representative of the Shainsky Dynasty, which, in over a century of its traceable history, has made more than 1 Billion people Happier and Better. - December 10, 2009 - Dr. Joseph Shainsky
Essen Travel's New Content Directory Makes Researching Northern California Vacation Spots Easy
Essen Travel is announcing a new online content directory and search capability that allows users to quickly find information about Northern California travel destinations. - December 10, 2009 - Essentravel.com
High Tech for a High Calling: Ethernet Extension Goes to Church
A Cape Cod Church Embraces High Technology to Reach a Modern, Tech-Savvy Community - December 09, 2009 - Ethernet Extension Experts
Loco Gringo Enhances Their Online Travel Website for Vacationers to the Riviera Maya
LocoGringo.com, the award winning online travel website for Mexican Caribbean travel, launched their new website this week. The company has added many new travel and information features that will make vacation booking and planning even easier for those coming to the Riviera Maya, the coastal stretch south of Cancun up to and including the City of Tulum. - December 09, 2009 - Loco Gringo
Christmas Carnival at the Zoo | Festive Events at ZSL London Zoo
Deck the Zoo with bales of hay... well that’s the way the song goes at ZSL London Zoo. Yep it’s Christmastime, and the Zoo is getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Carnival – an animal packed celebration of all things festive. - December 09, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Accorhotels.com Launches iPhone Application
Make reservations at 3,000 hotels worldwide directly from an iPhone. - December 09, 2009 - Accor
Emotion Tours Opens the Winter Season with New Alps Holiday Vacation Ski Packages to Switzerland, France and Italy
Emotion Tours, a sports and events Tour Company that creates unique, experience-based trips in a festive atmosphere, launches new ski vacation packages to the Swiss, French and Italian Alps. With over 30 years experience in setting up ski, Formula One and incentives packages, Robert Clouette,... - December 09, 2009 - Emotion Tours
Cheapfares.com Offers Free Personal Airline Ticket Price Updates
Cheapfares.com is an Internet only travel company, based in Omaha, Nebraska, that has been in business for 10 years and has sold hundreds of thousands of cheap airline tickets. Cheapfares.com prides itself on customer service, particularly in helping its customers with after-the-sale service. Cheapfares.com makes accessing cheap travel options via its website easy, and as a result of its strong customer service, its customers keep coming back for more great travel deals. - December 09, 2009 - Cheapfares.com
World Vision Continues Around-the-World Tour to Find the "True Spirit of Christmas;" Next Stop: Lusaka, Zambia
Since November 19, World Vision and thousands of people around the world have been traveling the globe in search of the Christmas spirit as part of the Christian humanitarian agency’s "Spirit of Christmas" tour. The month-long tour features interviews and stories with children and... - December 09, 2009 - World Vision US
Briggs & Riley is Suffolk County’s #1 Corporate Team of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Briggs & Riley Travelware announces the success of its 2009 fundraising efforts for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). This year’s contributions, exceeding $26,000, have again led to Briggs & Riley being recognized as the #1 corporate team in Suffolk County. - December 09, 2009 - Briggs & Riley Travelware
Vietnam Tour Wholesaler Aurora Travel Seeks Spanish Partners
Vietnam’s most respected Tour Wholesaler Aurora Travel is targeting Spain for expansion in 2010. - December 09, 2009 - Aurora Travel
Story Idea: Easing the Big-Three Holiday Headaches
ParkSleepFly.com Offers Pre-flight Overnight Alternative to Air Travelers Eases Big-three Holiday Headaches: Waistline, Wallet, and Stress Pressures to overeat and overspend during the holidays drive most people to worry about how they can manage their weight, budgets, and stress and maintain... - December 09, 2009 - ParkSleepFly.com
What’s Healthy and “Green”? The Newly Opened Anamaya Boutique Hotel and Health Resort.
“Health” is important at the Anamaya Resort. That’s why Anamaya focuses on treating the well-being of the Mind, Body & Spirit of their visitors, as well as the health of the planet it makes its home on. Opening its doors for business on December 20th, Anamaya Resort is the... - December 08, 2009 - Anamaya Resort
Start of New Directory on Travel Site Makes Searching for Reno Hotels Simpler
Essen Travel (www.essentravel.com) is announcing a new online directory and search capability that allows users to quickly and easily find information about travel destinations and hotels. - December 08, 2009 - Essentravel.com
CardStays™LLC Launches New Product, Online Store and 'Cash4Collars Program'
CardStays is the first product to combine a traditional business card/marketing message with two built-in and reusable dress shirt collar stays. The size of a credit card, CardStays can be kept anywhere. Never again will the well-dressed man have to stress about being without proper collar stays. And, because CardStays can be custom-branded and are reusable, they are sure to provide a long-lasting, favorable impression. "Be Remembered When They Forget." - December 07, 2009 - CardStays LLC
Essen Travel’s New Mapping Tool Helps Travelers Locate Points of Interest Easier and Faster
Essen Travel (http://www.essentravel.com) is proud to announce their new point and locate mapping tool which helps travelers locate locations easy and fast. - December 07, 2009 - Essentravel.com
Luxury Travel in Vietnam at Its Finest
Luxury Travel Company to Promote the Finest luxury travel in Vietnam. - December 07, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
New Hiking Options Available in the Dolomites
The infinite number of mountain trails and welcoming lodges in the Dolomites enable hikers to do excursions of one or more days at varying levels of difficulty. - December 07, 2009 - Dolomite Mountains
Tourism Fiji Launches "Ultimate Fiji Adventurer" Video Contest
National Tourism Board to Send Couple to Fiji as Part of Video Contest - December 06, 2009 - Tourism Fiji
Vietnam's First Luxury Tour Operator is Upbeat in 2010
Luxury Travel Vietnam Company is Optimistic About Luxury Tourism in Vietnam in 2010. - December 06, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Villa in Umbria Adds Video of Holiday Rentals in Umbria
Villa in Umbria has added 20 video's to their website with vacation rentals in Umbria. The video's show the holiday rentals in Umbria, making the selection of a vacation home even easier. - December 06, 2009 - Villa in Umbria
Indian Travel Website Launched for Booking Domestic and International Flight Tickets and Hotels Online by BCS Online Media
BCS Online Media Launch a Travel website with all Domestic and International Travel agents under a single roof. - December 06, 2009 - BCS Online Media
Discover Thailand in Luxury and Style
Luxury Travel has just launched 10 day Essentials Highlights of Thailand for luxury travelers to experience the wonders of Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket or Koh Samui. This tour features the best of Thailand’s cities, rural countryside, and beautiful beaches, with an emphasis on... - December 06, 2009 - Luxury Travel Co., Ltd
Hotel Palomar Atlanta Outfitted with Automated Valet Technology
Hotel Palomar’s high standards and some site-specific challenges led LAZ Parking to select Automated Valet for the recent installation of a fully automated valet operation. - December 06, 2009 - Automated Valet Parking Manager
Asia Travel Dining Guide Picks Clearwater Resort as the Place to Spend a Weekend Away from Manila
Clark Freeport Pampanga is 90 minutes away and getting there from Manila is easy and smooth along North Expressway. Clearwater Resort is very suitable for family outings and offers a small number of hotel rooms also. - December 05, 2009 - Asia Travel and Dining Guide
Aurora Travel Targets Long Haul Tourism: The EU Market for MICE
Vietnam’s prestigious tour operator and holiday maker Aurora Travel plans to promote MICE tours in the EU market in addition to classic excursion and sightseeing packages. - December 05, 2009 - Aurora Travel
Eldora Mountain Resort - Boulder Ski Escape, Colorado's Most Affordable Ski Vacation Package
Eldora Mountain Resort and the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau have teamed up to promote Boulder, Colorado as a winter destination. Not often thought of as a ski destination, Boulder offers endless lodging availability during the winter months - including the holiday season. - December 04, 2009 - Eldora Mountain Resort
Top Gear & Tifco Hotels: The Burlington & Tifco Hotel Group with Top Gear Live in Dublin
To celebrate Top Gear in Dublin, The Tifco Hotel Group & The Burlington, proud hotel partner of Top Gear Live at the RDS, are offering the chance to win tickets to the ‘Ireland V Scotland’ Six Nations Rugby & a luxury weekend for 2 at The Burlington Hotel. Enter this competition via the website: http://www.tifcohotels.ie/topgear.html - December 04, 2009 - Tifco Hotel Ltd
Active Travel Asia Inspects Hoa Binh Lake for New Kayaking Tour in Vietnam
Active Trave Asia (ATA) inspects Hoa Binh reservoir, Vietnam to design a kayaking tour in this beautiful hidden area. This new kayaking tour will help tourists to have more options for exploring the Vietnamese natural charm by kayaking. - December 04, 2009 - Active Travel Asia